明清时期宁夏地区水神信仰探析

A Study of the Worship of Water God in Ningxia Area in Ming and Qing Dynasties

人们的日常生活和生产与水息息相关,尤其在古代农业社会,水量的充足与否关系到农业生产的丰歉,进而影响到人们的生活乃至生存。明清时期的宁夏地区处于传统的农业社会,水神信仰多元化,包括自然神、龙神、人格神。在自然条件、地理环境、政治、文化等因素的影响下,水神信仰呈现出神灵种类多样性、信仰阶层广泛性、南北方明显差异性、政治色彩浓厚等特点。

People＇ s daily life and production is closely related to water. Especially in the ancient agricultural society, the adequacy of water was related to the agricultural production of the abundance, and thus affected peopleg lives and even survival. Ningxia area during the Ming and Qing Dynasties was a traditional agricultural society, the worship of water god was pluralistic, including natural gods, dragon gods and personal gods. Under the influence of natural conditions, geographical environment, politics, culture and other factors, the worship of water god showed characteristics ： the diversity of the gods, the universality of the belief hierarchy, the obvious difference in south and north, the strong political color.